Road Trip!!!

Well, I'm leaving Friday on another guitar buying journey. This time I'm off to Cleveland, OH to capture one of the true holy grails of vintage guitars...a late 1951 early 1952 black guard Telecaster. This one is a one owner all original example in really clean condition. The original owner did an amazing job keeping the guitar in great condition for the last 57 years!! I'll be posting pics of it when I get back from my trip late on Friday evening. I'll also post some pics to our website, www.webuystrats.com, of the original owner playing the guitar when he was much younger. Have fun!!

Todays Vintage Guitar Spotlight 1979 Gibson Explorer E2

I purchased a nice 1979 Gibson Explorer E2 today..It's in near mint condition and belonged to a soldier named Michael who is about to be deployed in Iraq. He mentioned that he is involved with computers and wouldn't see any active combat. Good luck and be safe Michael Here's a pic of the guitar. I'll post a high res image later on when I have the time to take some pics.

Gibson made about forty of the original Explorers in 1958/1959. Some actually shipped in 1963 as well. I guess Gibson had some leftovers that were unsold. The original Explorer featured two humbucking pickups and were made from Korina wood. An original near mint example will bring around $350,000-500,000 in today's market. Have fun! Bob Feldman

Hi there from We Buy Vintage Guitars!

HI there from vintage guitar land! I decided to take the advice of my friend Deborah Carter, proprietor of Pink Hair Salon here in Austin, Texas and create a blog devoted to my love for vintage guitars. Here it is Deb!! This is the first of what hopefully will be many posts of my daily exploits in my never-ending-quest for buying the world's finest vintage guitars. A by product of seeking out and purchasing these cool pieces of musical history takes me to many exciting places and I get to meet many interesting people along the way. I'd be honored to share those experiences with you. From time to time I will post some interesting bits of information that can help us all properly identify vintage guitars. I will also be featuring video clips of some well known musicians and me testing these awesome guitars through vintage amps, pedals etc. Thanks for stopping by and feel free to post questions if you have any. I'll be glad and try and help you if I can. Bob Feldman.